HATTIE BRYANT

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UPSIDE POTENTIAL IN A DOWNSIDE ECONOMY

Hattie Bryant will dip into the largest video library in the world about small business to introduce you to owners who have grown their businesses through thick and thin. The stars of her made-for-PBS television series are all owners who have been tested by fire and have emerged ever stronger to share how to survive the heat of turbulent times with time-tested principles like:

Make people more important than cash; solve more problems for customers; lavish praise on top performers; help employees build wealth; overcome the fear of firing a customer; see your business as a lush garden that must be cultivated and pruned; face the fact that you may be the reason your business is stuck; hire your own boss; turn tradition upside down; let the numbers do the talking; get buzz; keep stretching; and keep smiling.

These aren’t the lessons learned at business school. They’re better because they’re lessons of real business owners, captured on film across 34 states and 150 cities. These are real people who have been creating real jobs for more than 10 years. All leaders in their industry, loved in their communities—and heroes for any time.